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November 3, 2011

Getting Serious About Getting Healthy: Phase 1

One of the items on my list of Thirty Things is to get serous about getting healthy. This is important to me and on the list because, as I get older, I want to make sure I'm maintaining good health despite health conditions that I already have. I think it is important to treat your body well, not only so you are able to do more things for a fun/active life but also because we are instructed to in Scripture to "treat our bodies as temples of the Holy Spirit." I believe if we work at this and make every effort to keep our vessels healthy and fit, we are even more available to carry out God's purposes for our lives.

I will, eventually, share with you some of the health struggles I face, but for now, I'd like to simply introduce you to phase one of my plan of getting serious about my health. I decided to break it down into phases so that each thing I need to work on would be more manageable to tackle. My plan is to work on each phase until I have it down pat-- at least three weeks since that is how long it takes to form a habit (according to some random research I found after I googled it). So, phase one is...

Drink the proper amount of WATER daily.

I'll admit it. I'm a Diet Coke junkie. I'm addicted to it and to coffee. Now, I can't bring myself to give up my coffee (yet), but one of my goals is to definitely drink more water than I do Diet Coke. I pulled out my trusty 32-ounce Nalgene and decided to drink at least two bottles of water from it a day.

I have been doing this for about a week now, and it has been fairly easy, especially at work. I drink one bottle before lunch and one bottle after. However, the weekend was a little more challenging because of going out with friends, having leisurely mornings to drink more coffee, etc. I am not completely cutting out the DC, but I am planning to reserve it only for special occasions like parties and when I eat Mexican food. I have to have Diet Coke with lime with my burrito!

I'll let you know when the habit is formed and I'm ready to move on to phase two.

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About B

Christ-follower. Sister. Daughter. Georgia girl. Bailey (the Yorkie) 's mama. Lover of India, orphan care, freedom for captives and coffee. Trying to get closer to the heart of my King.

"But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ, and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him. For we are to God the aroma of Christ to those who are being saved and to those who are perishing." 2 Corinthians 2:14-15